A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks

Re:A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by Klathmon on Saturday March 04, 2017 @11:36AM (#13791570)

So on that note, do you have any brands/manufacturers/chipsets that you see as particularly good in terms of being a client?

Its always a gamble when I get a new phone/laptop/device if it will work with the multi-AP setup I have in my house, and I'm really tired of getting something and bringing it home only to find it hangs on to the furthest AP for dear life.

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Re:A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by JoshTriplett on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:55PM (#13792011)

> So on that note, do you have any brands/manufacturers/chipsets that you see as particularly good in terms of being a client?

As a client, the Intel wifi hardware works quite well, as does the software stack on top of it (at least on Linux). It helps that they're the ones who've written a fair bit of the wifi stack itself.

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Re:A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by bcarlton0 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:06PM (#13791758)

Ubiquiti UniFi AC or UniFi AC-LR. I'm not the poster above you were asking. Never need rebooting. Present a single AP name for multiple devices and both 2.4 and 5.x GHz. Reasonable price for home use. Based on personal experience in a large house. grk, roaming works just fine.

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Re:A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks by krallja on Saturday March 04, 2017 @06:08PM (#13793405)

Klathmon was asking about clients, not APs.

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